Morphological characterization of Aonla (Emblica officinalis Gaertn.) genotypes

Eight cultivars of Aonla were examined for their morphological similarity. Morphological attributes such as fruit length, fruit width, fruit weight, number of segments/fruit, fruit size, fruit shape, fruit colour, tree height, tree shape, foliage, leaf shape, leaf apex, leaf surface, fruitlet shape, fruitlet colour, sex ratio fruitsets, fruit retention, female flowers/Branchlet and Male/ branches of cultivars Banarasi, Francis, Chakaiya, NA-4, NA-5, NG-6, NA-7 and NA-10 were collected. Dendrogram revealed that Francis was most dissimilar. Similarity coefficient of Chakaiya and NA-6 was 59. While Banarasi and NA-10 were in one group with similar morphological attributes value.